At Least 30 States Have Ordered or Recommended That Schools Don’t Reopen This Academic Year

At Least 30 States Have Ordered or Recommended That Schools Don’t Reopen This Academic Year
Signs outside Sir Francis Drake High School show that the school is closed because of COVID-19 in San Anselmo, Calif., on March 31, 2020. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
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The majority of governors in the United States have ordered or recommended that statewide school closures continue for the rest of the academic year to help reduce the spread of the CCP virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus.

Several states have announced their plans to begin lifting social distancing measures and the federal government has issued new guidelines to reopen the country in phases but it doesn’t appear that students may return to the classroom.